Year in Review: A Look at the Ethylene and PDH Activity in 2016

SUGAR LAND--January 3, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Over the course of 2016, Industrial Info tracked 39 ethylene unit offline events with a total of 1,061 days of down time. Unplanned outage events played a small role with 26 events totaling roughly 274 offline days. Planned turnaround events accounted for the majority of down time with around 787 days spread over 13 individual units.

Within this article: Details of several ethylene growth projects. Additional companies: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK), LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB), Dow Chemical Corporation (NYSE:DOW)